Spcsrp | Sub regional Fisheries Commission

PRAO Cabo Verde

PRAO Guinée

PRAO Guinée Bissau

PRAO Mauritanie

PRAO Sierra Leone

PRAO Sénégal

PRAO Ghana

PRAO Liberia

ID du Projet : P106063

Project Development Objective for phase 1: to strengthen the capacity of Cabo Verde to govern and manage targeted fisheries, reduce illegal fishing and increase local value added to fish products.

Key Outcomes:

1. Improved Governance indicator: Territorial use rights fisheries (TURFs) legally established in targeted coastal fisheries by end of Phase I;
2. Reduction of Illegal Fishing indicator: Reduction of fishing vessels observed by aerial/surface patrol or by radar and satellite monitoring, that are committing a serious infraction (i.e. fishing without a license, or fishing in a prohibited zone or using prohibited gear); and
3. Increased Local Value Added indicator: Increase or stabilization in the volume of exports from targeted fisheries.

Key intermediate indicators:

Improved Governance:

• Clear principles and policies are established to increase the wealth from fisheries through strengthened rights and equitable allocation of these rights which balances economic efficiency and social benefits;

• Percentage of small-scale fishing vessels in targeted fisheries that are registered by end of Phase I;
• Number of communities that are allocated fishing rights;
• Number of vessels reduced in targeted fisheries that are overexploited;

Reduced Illegal Fishing:

• Number of total patrol days at sea per year in targeted fisheries;
• A satellite-based fishing vessel monitoring system (VMS) is in place and functioning by end of Phase I;

Increased Local Value-Added:

• Pilot integrated fish landing site clusters established by the Program and operating by end of Phase I; and
• A sanitary authority is accredited for certification of exports to the European Union, in each country.

Component 1. Good Governance and Sustainable Management of the Fisheries

Sub-component 1.1 Development of the capacity, Rules, Procedures and Practices for Good Governance of the Fisheries          

Activities:

• Registration of all Fishing Vessels (Development of registration procedures, installation of a database for the vessel registry, training and data entry)

• Assessment of the Status of Key Fish Stocks (regular biological and economic assessments of the state of targeted fish resources)
• Transparency and Accessibility of Fisheries Management Information (National Dashboard)
• Preparation and Implementation of revisions of existing Management Plans that set Levels of Sustainable Exploitation for Targeted Fisheries, and Create Rights and Allocation Mechanisms for those Fisheries

Sub-Component 1.2 Introduction of Fishing Rights

Activity:           

• Introduction of Fishing Rights through a System of Co-Management that will evolve into pilot Territorial Use Rights Fishing (TURFs)
• Establishment of community co-management associations to manage the TURFs

Sub-Component 1.3 Adjustment of Fishing Effort and Capacity to more Sustainable Levels, Introduction of Alternative Livelihoods where Needed

Activity:           

• Transition of Small-Scale Fishers and Fish Processors to Alternative Livelihoods.
• Promotion of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) outside of the fisheries sector
• Developing and implementing a package of support targeted to youth in fishing communities, training and technical assistance to develop alternative livelihood packages.

Activities:       

• Strengthening coordination of MCS activities and an Integrated Approach to Surveillance (operational manuals, support to workshops and data exchange instruments)
• Preparing a sustainable financing mechanism for fisheries surveillance operations
• Recruit and training of fisheries inspectors and observers
• Support surveillance patrol
• Procuring goods and equipment for surveillance operations and support the operating costs of the satellite-based fishing vessel monitoring system (VMS)
• Constructing two coastal surveillance stations in strategic points and conduct participatory surveillance operations with targeted communities
• Implementing practices in conformity with international obligations such as Port State Measures

Component 3. Increasing the Contribution of the Marine Fish Resources to the Local Economies

Sub-Component 3.1 Fish Landing Site Clusters

Activities:        

• Support a network of integrated fish landing site clusters at Santiago Port
• Support to rehabilitate the electricity grid and water supply at the Praia port as well as goods and equipment for a fish auction hall Construction of landing site clusters

Component 4.  Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation and Program Management

Sub-Component 4.1 National Implementation

Activities:

• Project Implementation Unit prepares annual work program, budget, update of the monitoring and evaluation indicators and procurement plan
• Technical assistance for national implementation